Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He maintained he had never received replies to letters or acknowledgement of seeds but the dispatch of the eighth edition of the Dictionary ( April 1768 ) awaited direction and then , with an unusually personal note , he excuses himself , ‘ … having had the misfortune to dislocate the ankelbone of my leg above a year and a half since gone … confinement and want of usual exercise has brought many maladies upon me , but I am in hope of proper remedies to prolong life a little longer . ’ |
| 2 | Indeed the legendary ‘ Hawk ’ had led Dave Forbes on the never revealed mission to Iran in 1980 to rescue a British hostage . |
| 3 | For Cadfael was certain that Tutilo had never done violence to any man , and must not be marked with that obloquy for life . |
| 4 | He waited until Berthon — with whom Rudd had never seen eye to eye — took a holiday and grafted a new front end on to Jean Behra 's car . |
| 5 | The two have never seen eye to eye apparently and although some papers called him a hothead , Horton insists he was n't going to have a go at the ref , who was given a police escort back to the dressing rooms . |
| 6 | ‘ But we have never made door to door collections , so we know this man has nothing to do with us , ’ she said . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , it 's never made sense to me , why human beings should have to live like that . |
| 8 | Evidently Francis had never made advances to his cousin . |
| 9 | Perhaps this was only because he had never had reason to he until he met Mr Evans , but he was n't afraid of him , even after that first , dreadful night , because Mr Evans had false teeth that clicked when he talked . |
| 10 | With the exception of his mother , he had never played second-fiddle to anyone . |
| 11 | There were the embusqués , who had somehow dodged the war , and the profiteers who had already amassed sizeable fortunes ( from which they were rapidly enriching the restaurateurs and the jewellers , who had never known business to be better ) . |
| 12 | My wife has never laid claim to medical knowledge , Mrs Quigly … |
| 13 | Jan van Goyen or Giambologna never charged VAT to their customers . |
| 14 | She 'd never imagined Steve to be the marrying sort but … |
| 15 | ‘ But Pratesi never submitted plans to you ? ’ |
| 16 | I had no idea that being in a commercial rock band would be like this , because I 've never paid attention to other commercial rock bands . |
| 17 | Alec had never mentioned marriage to her . |
| 18 | Before the changes earlier this year , the thief , the receiver of stolen goods or the finder of property who had failed to declare his find to the proper authorities , never acquired title to that property . |